British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) Sets New 1-Year Low – Time to Sell?

British American Tobacco p.l.c. (LON:BATS)’s stock price hit a new 52-week low on Thursday . The company traded as low as GBX 28.93 ($0.36) and last traded at GBX 2,874 ($36.12), with a volume of 5242922 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 2,950 ($37.07).

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 2,800 ($35.19) price target on shares of British American Tobacco in a report on Thursday, December 12th.

British American Tobacco Stock Down 0.5 %

The firm has a market cap of £63.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -462.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.27. The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 2,821.17 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,706.76. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 74.14.

British American Tobacco Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 19th will be issued a dividend of GBX 58.88 ($0.74) per share. This is an increase from British American Tobacco’s previous dividend of $57.72. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 19th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.54%. British American Tobacco’s payout ratio is -3,794.21%.

Insider Transactions at British American Tobacco

In other British American Tobacco news, insider Tadeu Marroco acquired 48 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 1st. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 2,716 ($34.13) per share, with a total value of £1,303.68 ($1,638.41). Over the last quarter, insiders bought 63 shares of company stock worth $172,798. Insiders own 10.55% of the company’s stock.

About British American Tobacco

British American Tobacco p.l.c. engages in the provision of tobacco and nicotine products to consumers worldwide. It also offers vapour, heated, and modern oral nicotine products; combustible cigarettes; and traditional oral products, such as snus and moist snuff. The company offers its products under the Vuse, glo, Velo, Grizzly, Kodiak, Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Rothmans, Camel, Natural American Spirit, Newport, Vogue, Viceroy, Kool, Peter Stuyvesant, Craven A, State Express 555 and Shuang Xi brands.